Africa News - Climate Change

December 15, 2015 The Climate African Farmers Counted On Is Gone Not realizing that the climate has shifted for good, they fail to significantly adjust their farming practices or to demand the resources, tools, and skills needed to adapt to the altered environment.

December 10, 2015 Uganda gets $1.5m lifeline against El Niño impactThe fund will be used to support preparedness to “reduce the damaging impact of the heavy rains on children in many parts of the country,” Unicef top official in Uganda, Mrs Aida Girma, said.

November 24, 2015 View on Gender: Exclusion endangers climate fight And this does not just apply in ‘softer’ areas, such as encouraging women to join in climate negotiations, but also to the design and use of technologies for climate mitigation and their transfer to developing nations.

November 19, 2015 Another R96.6m for drought relief This [relief efforts] includes the purchase of 45 water tankers for distribution of water to affected areas, borehole drilling and rehabilitation, water conservation and demand management, and water source augmentations.

November 13, 2015 One-Third of Papua New Guineans Suffering Drought Crisis An estimated one-third of the population of Papua New Guinea, the most populous Pacific Island state, is now suffering in from the country’s worst drought this century and experts predict El Nino’s influence will carry on through March 2016.

April 12, 2015 Extreme weather set to foil Sahel knowledge [Local people] will no longer have the tools in their technical arsenal or the genetic diversity of cultivated species needed to respond. Help must come from outside.